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Monday, September 26, 2016

What is better than a blog hop? A blog hop hosted by TWO of the coolest companies out there.

StencilGirl Products & Impression Obsession

What is even better than a blog hop with a giveaway? A blog hop with TWO giveaways.

Scroll to the bottom of the post for giveaway details

I was extremely excited to be a part of this bog hop as I am a designer for both companies and have an opportunity to share ways in which my StencilGirl stencils and my Impression Obsession stamps were designed to work together. In fact, all my product lines were designed to coordinate so I decided to include my dies from Spellbinders and my paint from PaperArtsy as well.

Fly By

This piece is all about layering. Starting with a 9x12" sheet of watercolor paper, I slathered on layers of PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylics. I knew I would eventually be making marks on the painted surface and these paints accept every pen I have ever thrown at them. I randomly stamped the surface with Impression Obsession stamps to add extra design and dimension.

I love text and decided to start this piece by pouncing several colors of paint and ink through my 6x6" You Got This stencil. There is also a newly released 4x4" mini version of this stencil as well. The main color used was Mahogany - one of the four colors in my own limited edition set of PaperArtsy paints.

After this, I got to layering. I started by pouncing Midnight, a second color in my PaperArtsy paint set, through the circle stencil that is part of my large, Urban Outsiders stencil. Forgot to take a picture of this, but here is the stencil used on another background.

Within and around these stenciled circles, I layered both hand painted paper circles stamped with a number of my circular Impression Obsession stamps and hand painted loops and circles, die cut using an assortment of my circular dies from Spellbinders. I also added die cut stars as well. I used black and white gel pens to add outlines and marks to the layers.

As a finishing touch, I added more marks to the surface and edges of the watercolor paper using gel and paint pens.

The blog hop takes place from 9/26 to 9/28. StencilGirl Products and Impression Obsession are each giving away two $25 gift certificates. To be eligible to win one of these four prizes, leave a comment on any post in the blog hop. If you visit every participant and comment on each blog, you will have more chances to win! Giveaway closes on 9/30 at 11:59pm Central Time. Winners will be announced 10/2 on StencilGirl's Facebook page.

Visit all the blog hoppers and be sure to leave a comment. Make a note to visit StencilGirl Talk over the course of the next two days to see the links for the other participants. Good luck!

134 comments:

Hi Seth, I just added your new little stencils to my SG wish list and your paints are on my payday list. So I keep adding and loving. Yes I need more of your stamps too. I love blog hops because I learn so much to inspire me. Thanks for doing them.

Wow! You knocked this out of the park, Seth! Thanks so much for participating! Those are my kind of colors, and I love the way you combined so many of your products! They really do complement each other!

Wow I Just love all of your work! I have most of your stencils and some of your stamps. Now I see more that I need haha. You were the reason I joined StencilClub when I saw your set of exclusive stencils come out back in November I had to have them :)

I love the way you make layers and layers and more layers. I hope someday you will come over to Belgium for one of your great workshops. I have one stencil from your collection and it is one of my favorite...

BRILLIANT SETH!! WOW! I love how each component stands on it's own and also fit together SO smoothly! Your "you got this" stencil is particularly special to me as I used it when it first came out to make a Red White and Blue page for a Disabled combat vet that was dealing with some health issues. It meant so much to him and I am so thankful that you designed it!

Seth, this is absolutely fabulous! I also love the photos showing the progression of your art piece. It was fascinating to see how many different steps you took to get to the end. I love the colors, the shapes, the cohesiveness of the piece. Thanks so much for sharing!

I have been a big fan of IO for years, Seth's stamps and dies and Stencil Girl stencils and now using these products is just so much fun!! I already know how I will spend my gift certificate. Thank you. suzschultz23(at)aol(dot)com

love this page and those stencils. I too have 'spoiled' pens trying them out on my textured pages - not easy finding pens that will accept texture! The colours and the composition are super crazy - just how I like it!

All your layers come together so well. Thanks for the step-by-step guide. I haven't done much layering and it actually rather scared me but your description of the different techniques and materials have alleviated that fear. Thanks.weaverclarke (at) gmail (dot) com

Well, I totally missed the blog hop due to WAY too much happening in my life! But I am happy I stopped in to see the pieces here you created Seth! Your work always inspires me and never ceases to amaze me at what you can do with color and die cuts!! So, I ordered myself,some Seth stuff(wish I could have ordered more) and I'm going to have a play!! I'll post when I'm done!Have a great week Seth!hugs,Jackie